Your tooth’s odds of successfully being reimplanted depend on quick action. We will try to fit you in as quickly as possible. If we can’t fit you in in a timely fashion that would be best for you, or if you are too far to reach us on time, we can refer you to a more appropriate office for treatment.

Avoid These Mistakes for Your Tooth

The following mistakes could damage the odds that your tooth will be able to be reimplanted:

Touching the root

Scrubbing the root

Putting the tooth in acidic or alcoholic liquids

Failure to get timely treatment

It’s most important that you see a dentist quickly with your lost tooth. A tooth placed back in the socket may not properly grow back in, leaving you with a dead tooth in place. In addition, a poorly placed tooth may grow back in crooked, resulting in poor alignment or bite problems.

For children who have lost baby teeth, it’s best not to put it back in the socket because the healing may go too well. The tooth may actually be incorporated with the jawbone and prevent the adult teeth from coming in.

If Your Tooth Doesn’t Survive

Fortunately, even though a tooth may not always survive once it’s been knocked out, there are good options these days for replacing teeth with dental implants or dental bridges. We can ensure that even if your tooth is lost, your smile is preserved.

Please contact My Hills Dentist in Baulkham Hills area of Sydney today for more information about emergency care or tooth replacement options.

My Hills Dentist is a full service local dental practice and a national leader in denture and dental implants technology. We offer comprehensive dental services to our neighbours in Baulkham Hills and Sydney, from basic preventive care to advanced restorative dentistry, sleep dentistry, and neuromuscular dentistry. My Hills Dentist was the first practice in the world to offer both FOY ® Dentures and BPS ® Dentures, and the addition of a new digital dental implants process gives our patients maximum flexibility in getting the best tooth replacement option available.

Dr. David Lee is a highly experienced cosmetic dentist with specialized training in dental implants, dentures, and accelerated orthodontics. Dr. Andrew J Ryu is a dedicated and compassionate dentist whose ongoing education is helping him move toward the forefront of the profession. Together they want to give you the best dental experience possible.